Greetings Community!

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather and taking advantage of the family fun in

CB5 today!

Remember to Stay Safe & Hydrated!

Be Sure to Join in this Friday, for the

5oth Year Anniversary Celebration of

Gotham Health ENY

(Formerly known as the Satellite Clinic in ENY)

Let's Come Out & Support A True Community

Health & Wellness Resource in CB5!

REGISTER NOW FOR TODAY'S SESSION!

The 2025 NYC Charter Revision Commission, chaired by Richard Buery, recently voted to put five questions to New York City voters this November: four on housing and land use, and one regarding even-year elections.

As the CRC works to educate New Yorkers about these proposals, they are hosting an 

online info session TODAY - Tuesday, August 5 at 6pm.

The info session will include a short presentation followed by Q&A. If you are unable to attend live, feel free to send questions to me in advance and we will answer them; the recording of the event will be available online after we conclude.



HOT OFF THE PRESSES...

Today, HPD released a set of new proposed commitments and interactive tools that will help shape Where We Live NYC 2025, the City’s next fair housing plan to be released this fall.

The plan aims to combat housing discrimination, preserve affordability, prevent displacement, and reinvest in neighborhoods that have long faced disinvestment. By releasing the data and documentation behind the forthcoming plan, HPD is inviting New Yorkers to explore what’s driving these proposals, engage with stories and evidence that shaped them, and share feedback to help inform the City’s next fair housing plan. 

Through workshops, roundtables, and community events across all five boroughs, the City has engaged directly with New Yorkers over the last three years. These conversations, along with an online questionnaire and updated data and interagency collaboration, have helped to shape a new set of draft actions that reflect the realities New Yorkers face today. By making both the proposals and their underlying data public, HPD is inviting all New Yorkers into the planning process: to explore the findings, see how they connect to the proposed solutions, and help ensure Where We Live NYC 2025 reflects the needs of communities across the city. 

Each new action helps advance one of the City’s six fair housing goals, first announced in the original 2020 fair housing plan and being carried forward in Where We Live NYC 2025. The new commitments include



• To Fight discrimination and ensure equal access to housing

• To build more housing in all neighborhoods across NYC and the region

• To protect affordable housing & prevent displacement

• To ensure access to different types of neighborhoods for tenants using rental assistance

• To expand and improve housing options and accommodations for people with disabilities

• To improve conditions, services and infrastructure in historically disinvested neighborhoods

The draft strategies and new tools are the next step in a broader, citywide conversation. Public meetings will follow in September, giving New Yorkers a chance to respond to what is being proposed, explore the data behind the work, and help shape the final Where We Live NYC 2025 plan, which is set to be released in fall 2025. 

We would appreciate your office's partnership to ensure that constituents are able to get involved and give their feedback.

Please visit the following link to learn how to participate and give your feedback/input:

nyc.gov/wherewelive 

Thank You!